Good Morning, Asia. Here’s what’s making news in the markets: Welcome to Asia Morning Briefing, a daily summary of top stories during U.S. hours and an overview of market moves and analysis. For a detailed overview of U.S. markets, see CoinDesk’s Crypto Daybook Americas. BlackRock calls Quantum computers, with their ability to outperform classical binary…
The Japanese Senate, the House of Councilors, has approved a legal amendment that will give crypto brokerage firms more freedom to operate in the country. Per the Japanese newspaper Nihon Keizai Shimbun, senators approved several revisions to the Payment Services Act on June 6. Japanese Crypto Brokerages: Deregulation on The Way The revised act contains…
A debate has erupted among the Bitcoin community over a joint statement released by 31 Bitcoin Core developers on June 6. In their statement, the developers argued that while the new transaction relay policy might lead to more non-financial use cases, protecting censorship resistance is one of the core tenets of the blockchain. The developers…
A man suspected of playing a major role in a series of recent French crypto-related kidnappings, including that of Ledger’s co-founder, has been arrested in Morocco. The suspect, a French-Moroccan national, was reportedly found in possession of multiple bladed weapons and several mobile phones. Details of The Arrest According to a local media report, 24-year-old…
The US Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia has seized 145 web domains and cryptocurrency assets tied to BidenCash, a darknet marketplace notorious for trafficking in stolen credit card data and personal information. BidenCash began operations in March 2022, stepping in to replace Joker’s Stash, which had been shut down about a year…
Bitcoin (BTC) BTC maintained a steady climb Saturday as U.S. domestic tensions intensified. Markets remained focused on crypto resilience despite unsettling headlines, including an immigration-related standoff in Los Angeles. According to a report by CNBC, over 100 arrests have been reported as clashes continued between protesters and federal agents, prompting President Trump to authorize the…
The following is a guest post and analysis from Shane Neagle, Editor In Chief fromThe Tokenist. On Tuesday, Michael Saylor, the Executive Chairman of MicroStrategy (NASDAQ: MSTR), riled up the Bitcoin part of the internet. At an event adjacent to Bitcoin 2025 conference in Las Vegas, Saylor was asked whether the company (rebranded as Strategy)…
The Ethereum Foundation (EF) has rolled out a new treasury strategy that aims to protect its ETH reserves with a 2.5-year runway while also targeting a 5% spending limit. The new plan prioritizes transparency, operational efficiency, and alignment with the blockchain’s long-standing values. The Treasury Strategy In a June 4 blog post, the Foundation outlined…
A recent analysis posted by Artemis CEO Jon Ma has sparked discussion about Tether’s potential market value, suggesting that if the company were to go public, its valuation could reach $515 billion. This figure would place Tether among the world’s largest corporations by market capitalization, ahead of well-known names such as Costco and Coca-Cola. Jon…
The following is a guest post and opinion from John deVadoss, Co-Founder of the InterWork Alliancez. “Decentralization” is crypto’s all-purpose slogan, yet the word never appears in the 2008 Bitcoin white paper. What Satoshi outlined was narrower and more radical: a peer-to-peer system that swaps institutional trust for publicly auditable cryptographic proof. Trust can be…